Adamek fought at LHW, was a champ there, lost his title. Moved up to CW and was a champ there too. He stepped up and fought at HW. Obviously he couldn't beat the elite, same as Bellew would never beat Joshua. But Adamek beat the likes of Arreola, Chambers, Cunningham. All these guys whom I rate way higher than Haye, who's best win is Chisora, 5 years ago. Which was also his last real fight. I am not saying Bellew is going to have an easy time but considering whom he has beaten recently an that he's active, it wouldn't shock me if he beats Haye. Maybe he lands a lucky punch too, who knows. Haye isn't known for his best chin. He will nto fight as catuious as in other fights, he will be more open.
Bellew couldn't cut it at lhw. he won a vacant belt at cw, then high tailed it outta the division before his mandatory destroyed him. Bellew isn't a smidgen of what Adamek was.
maybe beat a shot Adamek now. like i said, Bellew couldn't cut it it lhw, skanked a cw belt, then ran for the hills before Briedis or Gassiev took his head off. he is simply cashing out.
Haye is going to knock Bellew out in 3 rounds tops. Haye is better than everyone that Adamek ever beat. He is a great talent that unfortunately is too smart to be a boxer.
Based on what? Cunningham fought like a warrior and knocked down the man who schooled Wladimir for 12 rounds. Meanwhile Haye's performance against Wladimir was one of the worst in boxing history. I do not get the Haye hype. Chisora gave a him a quite good fight before Haye landed the lucky punch. Even Wilder has fought some guys who are better than Chisora. (Szpilka, Stiverne, Duhaupas)
Haye is a truly fluid fighter. Nothing about him is stiff or forced - it's like watching a river flow. His only two losses came from a) ATG that was 20 pounds heavier and had the kind of reach that coupled with punching power made smaller guys completely ineffective and b) a veteran that Haye beat up to a pulp before he gassed due to inexperience. He is probably top 3 cruiser of the last two decades and I have no doubt that he would have knocked out both Adamek and Cunningham. The fact that Wlad lost to fury doesn't make Haye any less special - Haye is a shorter guy that fought prime Wlad, a man that tailored his strategy around shutting down smaller men. Fury fought a shot Wlad and he was the bigger guy in the ring.
He got a Wba belt, destroyed Ruiz that has until that point only lost to Tua in a convincing fashion, went the distance wit a guy that knocked out pretty much everyone at the time, smashed a prime Chisora to bits...I'd say that's not bad for a part time boxer
Haye went life and death with Fragomeni - a complete bum. He get floored hard by super middle Lock. Barret and shot Mormecks floored him. His cruiser weight resume is beyond overrated. He ran out the division to avoid Huck , cunningham , Lebadev , Jones and Adamek. His HW record is the biggest embarrassment in boxing that ive witness in my life time. The one good thing about it is his stoppage against Chisora. A fight that was highly competitive before the KO.
So why was he never anything but a boxer in his entire life and is still fighting at 36 years old when he promised himself he would retire at 30. You absolute MORON.